At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Christopher del Bosco of Montreal was securely in the bronze medal position when he went all out for the gold medal. Del Bosco fell and unfortunately for Canadian sports fans, did not even medal. Del Bosco, along with his teammates, Brady Leman of Calgary and David Duncan of London, Ontario are all serious medal threats in the men's ski cross at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi on Thursday. According to Brian Cazeneuve of Sports Illustrated, a Canadian sweep is possible (CBC, 12:30 a.m.).

Canada has another chance for a podium spot in freestyle skiing in the women's halfpipe. Calgary's Rosalind Groenewoud's path to the Olympic Winter Games is similar to slopestyle skier Kaya Turski. Both had serious injuries in the last couple of months, but came back with the vengeance and each won a medal at the Winter X Games. Groenewoud, known as Roz G, meanwhile will try and write a different Olympic script than Turski and help Canada reach 20 medals at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (Sportsnet, 7:30 a.m.).

Canada meanwhile will also try and get to the top of the podium in women's hockey where they will play the United States (CBC, 10:00 a.m.) and in women's curling where they will play Sweden (CBC, 6:30 a.m.).

Here are the events that will be decided on Thursday with my pre-Olympic predictions:

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Jeremy Freeborn is a freelance writer based in Calgary. He has a Communications Degree from the University of Calgary and a Broadcasting Diploma from Mount Royal College. He is very passionate about a wide range of local sports. His past experiences include working at the Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, the FAN 960, as an editor for GO! Magazines, and completing a practicum for TSN Sportscentre. In recent years, he contributed to the content of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He is currently a writer for Hockey Magazine Calgary and Edmonton, the Canadian Encyclopedia and examiner.com.